Trip Van Noppen

“Not a nanosecond of time was allowed for the corn to begin to lose its sweetness between stalk and pot.”

Magic Moments, Memorable Characters, Stories / By

[Story contributed by Trip Van Noppen] In 1975, I began working for Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM) and moved into the Ponderosa, the really old farmhouse outside of Lake City that Bill had somehow obtained for general housing needs. Jimmy Dean and Granny Loomis were already there. They needed a caretaker. Bill drafted me to …

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“We lived with a coal burning stove and kept our provisions in gallon glass jugs against the mice.”

Having Fun While Changing the World, Magic Moments, Stories / By

[Story contributed by Margaret Ecker, RN, MSN] Sometime around 1975, local friends in Lake City offered us newly minted community organizers this abandoned house for a dwelling. We lived communally, our numbers fluctuating with the season. We lived with a coal burning stove and kept our provisions in gallon glass jugs against the mice. We …

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